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PAGE 6, WEDNESDAY. JANIJARY 9, 1985, WHITBY FREE PRESS At Whitby's DuPont plant.... No on the job accident for two years STYROFOAM SM - FROM DOW Dow's do-it-yourself insulating sheets are safe, lightweight, and quick to install. Styrofoam SM will not sag or shrink. 4x8 Sheets 1" - 56.40 1 /2" .59g60 11/2 S2o LESS 10% TILL JAN. 15/85 M MITCHELL qBROTHERS Cassels & Church St BROOKLIN 655-4991 0N WEI YOU Clearing sno ways can b seven-days those who d province's s They wo kind of drivi people and[ keep movin vince, eveni winter weat As soona snow plow's down. Be p pass. HeIp th Then do alert, adjust1 driving tact At midnight Sunday, Jan. 7, the 5,038 em- ployees of Du Pont Canada cIn. set a new safety record for the company. It was their second record in six days. At year-end 1984 they completed their first calender year without a work-related injury or illness involving lost time. As of Sunday mid- night they bettered their previous record of 415 consecutive days without a lost-time in- cident. This represents 9.7 million manhours without a lost-time in- cident in six major plan- ts and at 25 other operating and office sites across the country. "Ever since our com- pany was established safety of operation has been a primary com- mitment," said president Ted Newall. "Individual Du Pont Canada plants have established many Canadian safety recor- ds." The company's polyethylene resins [ARIO HIGHWAYS.U KEEP THEM OPEN. KEEPTHEM SAFE. ow from our high- and road conditions. e a 24-hour, Get your free bookiet -a-week job for 'inter Driving"- expert ad- drive the vice for safe motoring in now plows. snow slush, icy and white-out 'rk in the worst conditions. Write: Public & ng conditions so Safety Information Branch. products can Ministry of Transportation and g across the pro- Communications, 1201 Wilon in the worst Ave., Downsview Ontario. ter. M3M IJ8 as you see the blue light, slow Ministry of Transportation tient-don't!tryo and Communications hem do their job. 4 y your part: bex exra ' L Iio your speed and James Snow, Minister cs to suit weather William Davis, Premier plant near Sarnia, On- tario, has operated sin- ce its start-up 25 years ago with only one lost- time injury. Du Pont's nylon plant near Kingston accumulated 12-million manhours between lost-time ac- cidents -- believed to be an all-time Canadian record for an industrial site. The 260 employees at the Du Pont Ajax Site have worked 13 years without a lost-time in- jury, and the 300 em- ployees at the Whitby Site will complete two years without such an injury in February, 1985. "The results our people obtained in 1984 have not just hap- pened," said Newall. 'They are the product of a determined effort on the part of the whole organization to main- tain safety beyond com- promise. "Our company star- ted in Canada by working with blasting powder and nitroglycerine based high explosives for mining, railways and construction. From the beginning, safety was emphasized in every procedure. Today we're still dealing with ex- plosives, and also with many other chemical and mechanical processes which we are determined to operate safely and we are com- mitted to improve on our safety record in the future". Social planning council looking for new ideas for projects The Social Planning Council of Oshawa- Whitby will be contac- ting organizations throughout Oshawa and Whitby during the next month to invite staff members, volunteers and clients to submit ideas for projects dealing with community problems. Organizations should receive project proposal forms within the next three weeks. For further infor- mation contact Susan Fletcher, Executive Director of the Social Planning Council of Oshawa Whitby at 725- 4774. This is an opportunity to participate in shaping the direction of the community. Social Planning is not something done by someone to the com- munity, but rather something done by the community for itself, Fletcher says. WHITBY MARTINIZING CLEANERS 2FOR1SALE SAVE50% Phone 668-6491 for details 106 Brock St. S. Whitby, Ont. up 0/ to 0off Shop early for best selection. Broodin Vilage Shoppe (Fine Ladies Wear) 57 Baldwin St., Brooklin 655-3474 A drive well worth taking. Du Pont Canada has been a leader in North America in safety in the workplace. Accident statistics show that Du Pont Canada employees work 30 times safer than employees in North American industry generally. In off-the-job activities, the company employees also ex- perience significantly fewer disabling injuries than other chemical in- dustry workers, accor- ding to the Canadian Chemical Producers' Association. 'II consider an ac- cident-free year a significant accom- plishment and I congratulate Du Pont people across the coun- try for their safety commitment and per- formance," said Newall. Du Pont Canada manufactures ex- plosives, man-made fibres, plastics, automotive and in- dustrial finishes, packaging and in- dustrial films and various chemicals. It markets products in Canada and more than 60 other countries. Support meeting The next meeting of the Cesarean Section Support Group will be held Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. at 755 Cobbler's Crt., Pickering. The topic for discussion will be vaginal birth after cesarean section. The support group has been established to meet the needs of women who have had, or aré planning to have, babies by cesarean bir- th. For more information call Penny Kobrynovich at 571-0265. Br( k lin Bylines By BETTY-JEAN BLYTH Cali 655-3679 with items for this column w It happened againi My personal gremlin really has it in for me. It made me miss my first deadline of the new year. It's a long involved story of an icy driveway on a hill and a car in the ditch but I won't bore you with the details. I just hope this isn't a fore cast of the year to come or I may just crawl back in- to bed and skip 1985. PC ANNUAL MEETING Brooklin and District Progressive Conservative Association is holding its annual meeting tonight in the Community Centre at 8 p.m. Durham West MPP George Ashe, Minister of Government Services will be the guest speaker. Everyone is invited to attend. DANCE-A-THON The Whitby Navy League Ladies Auxiliary is holding a dance-a-thon this Saturday (Jan. 12) in the Brooklin Community Centre from 12 noon to 12 mid- night. All proceeds will go towards the purchase of a sailboat for the Whitby-Brooklin Sea Cadets. For further information call Mrs. L. McCabe at 655-3693. SLIM AND TRIM A new session of Slim and Trim will begin Jan. 15 in the gym of Meadowcrest Public School if there are enough people interested in taking part. Call Anne at 655-3903 to register. All registrations must be in by Jan. 14. PAPER DRIVE This Saturday is the day for the regular pick-up of your newspapers by the Brooklin Cubs and Scouts. Be sure to have them tied securely and at the curb by 9 a.m. In Ashburn, your Scouts will pick-up the papers from the Community Centre. Please don't deliver them to the centre before Friday as they constitute a fire hazzard. MYRTLE NEWS Myrtle Church had a most successful Christmas season from the Sunday School Concert through to the Christmas Eve Service. The whole church glowed as each family lit a candle and enjoyed the blessing of this gathering which celebrated the birth of Christ. Everyone is invited to attend the Sunday morning worship services which start at 10:30 a.m. sharp. The new minister, Dr. McCrury *has a special message for each of you and the music demon- strates the exceptional talent available in such a small community. Myrtle UCW holds its meetings on the second Tuesday of each month. The last meeting was held yesterday at the home of Jean and Jerry Stachow at 9:30 a.m. I hope to have the time and place of the next meeting well in advance of the event. - .-A in-